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Interview on pleading for more space at universities for debate and emotions

30-10-2023 ‘Verdeeldheid over hoe verder op Universiteit Utrecht nu debat over oorlog verhardt: waar doe je goed aan?’ – AD

In this article Nicole Immler was interviewed on how the debate on war intensifies at universities, specifically in the conversation about the war between Israël and Hamas. In the interview she pleaded for more space at universities for debate and emotions.

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Call on Dutch institutions for higher education to speak out on (de)humanization in the face of the violence in Palestine and Israël

27/10/2023 ‘Hamas-Israël conflict moet studenten leren niemand te ontmenselijken’ – Trouw

‘Wees niet bang om ‘partij te kiezen’ gericht op humanisering’ – Nieuw Wij

In this opinion piece Siri Driessen, Nicole Immler, Obiozo Ukpabi and Niké Wentholt called on Dutch institutions for higher education to take a stand against dehumanization in the face of terrorist attacks and genocidal violence.

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Towards a broad societal conversation about what repair constitutes

2/7/2023 ‘Klaar met slavernijverleden? Excuses zijn pas het begin’ – AD

In this article by Carla van der Wal about the commemoration of the Dutch slavery past, Nicole Immler argues for a broad societal conversation about what repair constitutes. “This is a collective process and also revolves around what kind of society we want to be.”

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Interview on repair for the slavery past

30/6/2023 ‘Hoe zien de herstelbetalingen voor slavernij eruit?’ – Trouw

Nicole Immler was interviewed by Robin Goudsmit en Maurice Timmermans about repair for the slavery past. It is the elephant in the room during the slavery commemoration: reparations. Will they ever come, and what should restitution look like?

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Opinion piece on how ruling of ‘statute of limitations’ is misplaced in the case of institutional suffering

05/04/2023 ‘Verjaring beschermt foute instituties’ – NRC

Naomi Ormskerk and Nicole Immler published an opinion piece in reaction to the ruling in a claim brought to the court by women who had suffered institutional abuse within a religious institution. Thousands of girls were forced to perform hard labor in Catholic ‘charitable institutions.’ The ruling of ‘statute of limitations’ is misplaced in this case of institutional suffering.

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Opinion piece on how both religious institutions and victims of institutional abuse have a role to play in restoration

11/01/2023 ‘Zowel de slachtoffers van misbruik als kerkelijke instituties hebben een rol in het herstel’ – Trouw

Naomi Ormskerk wrote an opinion piece on how forced labor and exploitation within Catholic institutions have caused significant suffering, for example, among girls in the institutions of ‘De Goede Herder’. In addressing this harm, both the victims and the responsible institutions have a role to play in the process of restitution and reconciliation.

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Hoe je excuses aanbiedt voor historisch onrecht

28/11/2022 ‘Een historisch excuus aanbieden, hoe doe je dat? Deze vijf zaken kunnen het maken of breken’ – Trouw

Nicole Immler in Trouw on how to offer apologies for historical injustices. Rianne Oosterom writes about the debate surrounding apologies for the history of slavery and asks how it can be done properly. Professor Nicole Immler often observes the same mistakes being made when offering apologies for historical injustices.

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Opinion piece calling on Shell to reckon with its controversial legacies in the Netherlands and Nigeria

27/11/2022 ‘Mensen gaan boven economische belangen’ – NRC

Obiozo Ukpabi wrote an opinion piece where she calls on Shell to reckon with its controversial legacies in the Netherlands and Nigeria. Ukpabi writes in reaction to the decision of the four Nigerian widows who sued Shell for their alleged complicity in human rights violations in the Niger delta, to drop their case. After years of litigation they see no more options to seek redress for the ‘unavoidable consequences of the destructive logic of profit over people’.

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